THE CABINET: Singing Secretary

Gwaed y groes sy'n codi fyni R'eiddil yn goncwerwr mawr Gwaed y groes sydd yn ddarostwng Gewri cedyrn ffyrdd I llawr Gad m'i deimlo Awel o galfaria fryn* So sang Secretary of Labor James John Davis one night last week over the radio from Washington. It was an old, old hymn which his mother Esther used to sing to him as a little boy in Wales, whence he emigrated to Pittsburgh 48 years ago. Grym y groes (The Power of the Cross) is the favorite song of all Welsh revivals. The Singing Secretary of Labor sang in Welsh for two...

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